The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-26
THE COUNTRY SAVED.
Finding Of the Former Graad Jury
Partially Sustained.
Three ntlls Of Indictment Against
President Haddsn-Mr wis.,
tiers IL Again Indorsed.

As announced yesterday morning. in
the APPRAL, three new indictments
have been returned sgsinst Prssid ant
D. p. Hidden to supplant the ak
quashsd few weeks ago. Two OF the
number are founded upon charges
contained In the former bill q, while
the last Ia a bran spanking new one.
Here they are:
The new one charges chat ID. p.
Hsdden, as q member Of che Board Of
Police and Fire Commist ioners OF the
Taxing District Of Shelby county, and
chief executive Of said Taxing Dis.
trict, charged with the observance,
execution aud enforcement of Its
lave, and the said R,osrd Of Fire and
Police Commissioners being required
by law TO act upon, approve. and
audit oil accounts against said Taxing
Distric. before their payment, at q
meeting, which said board Ia required
by law to hod monthly for that pur.
pose, the said David P. Hadden, In
violation OF his duty Is q member Of
the said board and % the president
thereof and as the chief executive OF.
ficer Of said Taxing District, did be.
tween the LIST Of Jsnusry, 1887, and
the present time wiliully and unlaw.
fully fail and neglect to have . meet
ing Of said board, during any Of the
months between the period named,
for the purpose Of auditing claims
against the Taxing District before
they were paid, and failed and neg
lectsd a. Q member OF eaid board TO
&C, upon and audit before payment at
Q monthly meeting or session OF said
board, called together for the::purpose,
all claims against the said Taxing
District.
The next Indictment charges that
DIP. Hidden, "a member ofthe Board
OF FIRE and Police Commissioners,
and rs chief tx cutive Of the Taxing
District, and % such charged with the
duty OF letting and entering into con-
tracts, as specified by law, has, In VIC.
lation OF the statute requiring him 10
advertise Tor bids, and open all the
bids on the day named In the adver-
tisement, Ia the presence OF quorum
Of not less than three members Of the
board, and enter euch bids on book
kept for that purpose, which 10 open 10
all taxpayers, and there keep them
entered for week for discussion be-
fJre the contract In question be
awarded, and at the end Of that time,
II awarded al all, IL shall be awarded
TO the lowest bidder, who shall give
ample bond and security 10 be- ap.
proved by the supervisor Of public
works ana Fire aud Police OommiS.
honers, did, on the 0.h day Of May,
1887, make and enter into a contract
involving tho expenditure Of $500 |
with M. Lnkin for paving stone Tor
said district, aud did, on tue came
day and divers o her times,
make divers other contracts,
each involving more than 500
and sggregrting more than S50,-
900, for work, materials and services
rendered by the said Larkin. IL 10
charged thst he failed IN MAKE q etste.
ment OF the cost Of this 10 the board,
and without the written content OF
four members OF the board, that the
said contract might be advertised, and
the said board did not advertise and |
award Sid contracts 10 the Low eat bid. |
ders. The contact was not In writ |
ing nor signed by oil the commission. |
ers asserting thereto, nor by the other
contracting party, nor recorded In the
book Tor the inspection OF the public,
but the contracts were made by Had.
den himself with the said Larkin. II
In further charged that no executed
tie contract aud paid Larkin large
sums Of money without authority Of
law, and In thereby guilty OF NAL.
feasance and nonieasance 10 Office.
The third Indictment 10 for ieloni.
Gus contracts and building stables,
sheds and tenement houses In ihe
month Of June, 1885, with the money
and property OF the Taxing District
on lots belonging 10 himself, and
thereby becoming interested in con.
tracts with the Taxing District by
using money and property OF the
Taxing District 20 ths amount Of $1,000
on the said stables and sheds, aud
5000 on the tenement houses, and all
this wi bout the knowledge or oontent
Of the other officers, and under an
agreement that the Taxing District
should have the use Of them free Of
rent, In compensation Tor the i'm.
provement oil raid lots. IL In further
charged tina, the raid Hidden ieloni.
ously took and converted to his own
use lumber aud piling belonging 10
the city, 10 the value OF 5000, and
did use the carts, teams, drivers and
laboren for building said lumber into
hou'es on his lots, and did thereby
embtfse the lumber and material OF
the Taxing District 10 the value OF
5000 and convert 10 his own use the
labor OF carts, teams, drivers, etc, to
the amount OF 1900.
-Four bills we're returned ignored.
These we're a. follows: Felonious
contract Tor house belonging 10 the
Taxing District, felobious contracts
and emb zzement, ielonious contract
and hsuliog dirt 60 all his lot and
embtEzlemsnt OF $40.
THK RKSr CONTINUES.
The bill agsinst School Commission.
or Pa. NJ. Winters, for becoming inter.
ested In contract with the School
Board, Sas ignored. The Jury could
not find enough evidence TO convince
them that the transfer from Mr.. Win.
ters TO MI. Walsh was not q bona flde
one.
AWAY TO A bARBKcuk.
Immediately sitter the grand Jury
submitted It's report, Jddge DnBise
and Secretary Of the Jury John ].
Shea entered the formers buggy aud
drove out 10 Whites Station, whore
Maj Dick Mason had prepared bar.
becue.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
mfsa IlTsle "A aaw $4,000 a.